Improved desk and book-back



GEORGE MUNGER, OF MADISON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. W.SOHERMERHORN & GO.,`OF NEW YORK CITY.

Letters Patent No. 98,614, dated January 4, 1870.

INIPRDVED DESK AND BOOK-RACK.

The Schedule referre to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To allfwliom vit may concern;

Be it: known that I, GEORGE MUNGER, of Madison',A

in the State of Connecticut, have invented n new and n'seful Improvementin Combined SehoolDesk and Book-Rack g .and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is :i full, clear, and exact description of thesnme,'ref`erence being had to the accompanying drawings, anni lettersoi' reference marked thereonrmaking n part of this specification, inwhich;`

Figure l is an end elevation, and

Figure 2 is a plan view.

This invent-ion consists in combining with sin ordinary school-desk-anoverhangingbook-rack, placed'in front; of lche desk, so as to present noobstruction to the free use thereof, and aiorcl e convenient receptaclefor books and other useful articles.v

To enable those skilled in 'che art to make and use my invention, Inoirvproceed to describe its construe tion and operation.

Similar letters, in. the drawings,`refer to like parts.

In the drawingsl A represents ein ordinary school-desk.

To 'tbe-front ofthe desk, attached in `any suitable manner, is anoverhanging book-rack, a, in which may be deposited, so as to be alwaysat hand, and yetper rail of the brackets, up into the under side of thetop rail vof the rack.

This combination subserves a. very useful purpose,

and adds but; slightly to the cost of the desk alone.

Having thus fully described my invention,

Whaltl claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-

